Biologic Cost per Effectively Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient in a Large Managed Care Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Tao Gu, Neel Shah, Gaurav Deshpande, Derek H. Tang, Debra F. Eisenberg, David J. Harrison

“…The algorithm defined effectiveness during the 12-month post-index period as achieving all six of the following: high adherence (medication possession ratio ≥80% or infusions consistent with the product label); no increase in biologic dose or decrease in dosing interval; no new biologic; no new nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; no new or increased oral glucocorticoid use; and ≤1 glucocorticoid injection. …”
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Progress in research on strain glass transition in Ni-Ti based alloys by ZHAO Xinqing, WANG Kai, LYU Chao, ZHANG Kaichao, HOU Huilong

“…In spite of no first order martensitic transformation occurred during cooling, strain glass can exhibit unique shape memory effect and superelasticity because of the stress loading induced transformation from strain glass to martensite and the reversed transformation by stress unloading. …”
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“Inclisiran: Early LDL-C target achievement in a real-life population” by Francesco Briani, Mauro Bagli, Gabriele Venturi, Francesco Bacchion, Antonio Mugnolo

“…After exclusion of two patients due to statin therapy modification or discontinuation during follow-up, a final number of 31 patients were included. …”
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The Effect of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy on Shoulder Function Following Shoulder Stabilization Surgery: A Case Series by John H. McGinniss, John S. Mason, Jamie B. Morris, Will Pitt, Erin M. Miller, Michael S. Crowell

“… # Conclusion While the degree of improvement attributable to the addition of BFR is unknown, the clinically meaningful improvements in shoulder strength, self-reported function, and upper extremity performance warrant further exploration of BFR during upper extremity rehabilitation. # Level of Evidence 4, Case Series…”
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Pengukuran Kemiripan Makna Menggunakan Cosine Similarity dan Basis Data Sinonim Kata by Ardi Sanjaya, Ahmad Bagus Setiawan, Umi Mahdiyah, Intan Nur Farida, Aprisa Risky Prasetyo

“…This is because the use of ID based on word groups and slices during the weighting process can increase the similarity value. …”
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Assessing Food Waste Compost as a Substrate Amendment for Tomato and Watermelon Seedlings by Allyson N. Hamilton, Matthew B. Bertucci, Kristen E. Gibson, Mary C. Savin, D.E. Kirkpatrick, R.C. Woody-Pumford

“…A greenhouse study investigated the influence of various food waste compost (FWC) and potting mix (PM) blends on germination, growth, and nutrient uptake of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) seedlings. …”
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CCR2 signaling regulates anti-chlamydia T cell immune responses in the airway. by Shuaini Yang, Jinxi Yu, Xue Dong, Jiajia Zeng, Lu Tan, Hong Zhang, Ruoyuan Sun, Yuqing Tuo, Jing Yang, Chunxiao Wan, Hong Bai

“…Meanwhile, we also observed a significant reduction in IFN-γ secretion by CD8+ T cells following ccr2 deficiency. Conversely, ccr2-/- mice exhibit an exaggerated Th2-type immune response, with elevated levels of Th2-promoting cytokines (IL-4), transcription factors (STAT6 and gata3), and il-5, which together lead to more severe lung tissue damage and increased susceptibility to infection. …”
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Associations of Long-term PM10 Exposure with Mortality in Dialysis Patients: A Population Based Cohort Study by Shih-Feng Chen, Yu-Hui Chien, Yu-Chin Lai, Pau-Chung Chen

“…We included 34,088 adult dialysis patients living in areas with ambient measurements of PM10, NO2, CO, and SO2 between 1 January, 2000 and 31 December, 2013. We used a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model to estimate mortality risk and observed that each interquartile range (IQR) increase in the mean PM10 concentration during follow-up period was associated with a 13.2% higher risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.132, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.097–1.169). …”
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UK multiple sclerosis risk-sharing scheme: a new natural history dataset and an improved Markov model by Jacqueline Palace, Martin Duddy, Thomas Bregenzer, Mike Boggild, Joel Oger, Helen Tremlett, Charles Dobson, Fheng Zhu

“…This study aims to identify a more suitable natural history cohort and to develop a robust analytical approach using the new cohort.Design The Scientific Advisory Group, recommended the British Columbia Multiple Sclerosis (BCMS) database, Canada, as providing a more suitable natural history comparator cohort. …”
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Creating accountable hospital service areas in China: a case analysis of health expenditure in the metropolis of Chengdu by Jay Pan, Peiya Cao, Xiaoshuang Zhao, Yili Yang

“…Objectives To delineate hospital service areas (HSAs) using the Dartmouth approach in China and identify the hypothesised demand-side, supply-side and region-specific factors of health expenditure within HSAs.Design Population-based descriptive study.Setting We selected the metropolis of Chengdu, one of the three most populous cities in China as a case for the analysis, where approximately 16.33 million residents living.Participants Individual-level in-patient discharge records (n=904 298) during the fourth quarter of 2018 (from 1 September to 31 December) were extracted from Sichuan Health Commission. …”
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Design of a new model yeast consortium for ecological studies of enological fermentation by Pourcelot, Eléonore, Vigna, Audrey, Marlin, Thérèse, Galeote, Virginie, Nidelet, Thibault

“…In addition, the yeast consortium was used to test the diversity-function relationship as a proof of concept. …”
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Evaluation of pathology resources for cervical cancer detection between 2018 and 2022: a retrospective study at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Western Kenya by Nelson Anangwe, Jon Steimgrimson, Susan Cu-Uvin

“…This retrospective study evaluated this evolution at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya between 2018 and 2022. Methods We used a mixed-methods approach. An in-depth interview was conducted with one of MTRH’s pathology laboratory staff to assess the equipment, personnel, and quality control trends between 2018 and 2022. …”
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The concentration of selected organophosphorus pesticides associated with PM10 in agricultural ambient air in Iran: Health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulation by Asma Tabanasl, Amin Mohammadpour, Aboozar Soltani, Mohammad Hoseini, Mohammadali Baghapour

“…A total of 32 air samples were collected during the study period. Active sampling was conducted using a SKC pump with a selective air inlet, and the samples were analyzed via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. …”
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Feasibility of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation combined with personalized word retrieval for improving naming in primary progressive aphasia by Allan George, Eric McConathey, Amy Vogel-Eyny, Elizabeth Galletta, Giuseppina Pilloni, Leigh Charvet

“…The intervention consisted of 20 daily sessions over 1 month, each with 45-min of personalized word retrieval training. During the first 30-min, participants received tDCS over the left inferior frontal gyrus (anode F7, cathode O1) at 2.0 mA. …”
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Analysis of the behaviour of the Tukad Buluk Poh flood water at the Gilimanuk - Denpasar National Road Crossing by Hidayat Acep, Suprapti, Isradi Muhammad, Dwi Praptoyo Riska

“…In most of Indonesia, floods are a common natural disaster that spreads into several watersheds during the rainy season. When river water outflow increases to the point where it overflows and floods the surrounding area, this is known as a flood. …”
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cardiac Patients with Overweight and Obesity by I. V. Logacheva, T. A. Ryazanova, V. R. Makarova, O. V. Surnina

“…A group of 112 men (male)aged 61.2±1.7 diagnosed with the ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stage 1–3 arterial hypertension (AH) were examined during the stationary treatment in the Republican Clinical Diagnostic Centre (Izhevsk, Russia). …”
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Novel machine learning-driven comparative analysis of CSP, STFT, and CSP-STFT fusion for EEG data classification across multiple meditation and non-meditation sessions in BCI pipel... by Nalinda D. Liyanagedera, Corinne A. Bareham, Heather Kempton, Hans W. Guesgen

“…As a novel concept, the third BCI pipeline used a feature extraction algorithm that fused the features of CSP and STFT, achieving the highest classification accuracies among all tested pipelines. …”
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Regional insights on the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of carbapenem and colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria: an observational cross-sectional study fro... by Nazia Khursheed, Fareeha Adnan, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Ramlla Hatif

“…Abstract Background Colistin is used to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. …”
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A Comparison of Dental Students’ Self-Assessment and Instructors’ Assessment in Competency Examinations in a Preclinical Operative Dentistry Course by Alghilan MA, Munaga S, Aldakhil A

“…The instructors’ scoring agreement level was measured using inter-rater reliability and intra-class correlations (ICCs). …”
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Recovery of the Intestinal Microbiota Metabolic Activity in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina

“…In patients without SIBO, during a probiotic therapy, an increase in the total content of SCFA (p <0.001), acetic and butyric acid (p <0.001) was revealed. …”
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